Assignment 1: Case Study Assignment: Assessing the Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Photo Credit: Getty Images/Blend Images Most ear, nose, and throat conditions that arise in non-critical care settings are minor in nature. However, subtle symptoms can sometimes escalate into life-threatening conditions that require prompt assessment and treatment. Nurses conducting assessments of the ears, […]

Assignment: Assessing and Treating Pediatric Patients With Mood Disorders When pediatric patients present with mood disorders, the process of assessing, diagnosing, and treating them can be quite complex. Children not only present with different signs and symptoms than adult patients with the same disorders, they also metabolize medications much differently. Yet, there may be times […]

Assignment 1: Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health assessment findings, and patient descriptions […]

Assignment 1: Case Study Assignment: Assessment Tools and Diagnostic Tests in Adults and Children When seeking to identify a patient’s health condition, advanced practice nurses can use a diverse selection of diagnostic tests and assessment tools; however, different factors affect the validity and reliability of the results produced by these tests or tools. Nurses must […]

The Agonist-to-Antagonist Action of Psychopharmacologic Agents The use of pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorders, including methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone, has been associated with a reduction in mortality compared with illicit opioid use. The opioid agonist methadone and buprenorphine achieve clinical efficacy in patients with an opioid use disorder by suppressing craving and diminishing the […]